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Watch: Michael Douglas in the Epstein files
1:09Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
The documents show no direct link between actor Michael Douglas and Jeffrey Epstein. The few references that clearly mean the actor are society-magazine photo captions and guest lists, a film-history passage about Wall Street, and one email that lists him among 'big names on the horizon'. Most of the 1,438 documents matching this name are false hits on other people named Douglas.
The clearest references to the actor are in House Oversight material. They include a magazine item about a family trip to London with his son Dylan, and an April 2012 Avenue Magazine party roundup that has a Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas photo caption and a celebrity guest list. Two pages of a text on the film Wall Street discuss his casting as Gordon Gekko. A separate email, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030684, lists 'Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian' among 'big names on the horizon'. The text shown does not say who wrote it or what the list was for. The large 'shared document' counts and the 35 'direct correspondence' tags come from name matches on 'Douglas'. They cover people such as attorney Douglas Wigdor, Douglas Bernard, Ian Douglas, Douglas Mueller and Douglas Coffman, along with McDonnell Douglas aircraft and the case Douglas Oil v. Petrol Stops. None of those are the actor.
Key Highlights
- •No flight log entry, personal email, deposition or financial record in the reviewed material ties actor Michael Douglas to Epstein.
- •HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030684, an email, lists 'Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian' among 'big names on the horizon'. The text shown does not say who wrote it or what the list was for.
- •Magazine-style material (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013442 and 013450, Avenue Magazine, April 2012) places him on society guest lists and in photo captions with Kirk Douglas, which says nothing about Epstein.
- •HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021235 and 021241 discuss his casting as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. This is film history, not a connection to the case.
- •Most hits for 'Douglas' are other people or things: attorney Douglas Wigdor, Douglas Bernard (Hayground Cove fund tax schedules), Ian Douglas (a July 2010 meeting request involving Sol Kerzner), a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 jet on a travel record, and the Douglas Oil legal citation.
- •The high 'shared document' counts with Epstein, George W. Bush, Prince Andrew, Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump mostly reflect how many documents mention those people. They do not show that Douglas had a relationship with any of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (20 of 1,437)
EFTA00306217.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00306217
2:00pm Appt w/Patricia Neville ( 3:30pm Appt w/Todd Meister & Neil Burger{ 4:00pm Appt w/Dan Ariely 5:00pm Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 20 Time Warner Center / Columbus Circle Between 58th and 60th Street. Between- 8th/9th Av
m Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CA
EFTA00364907.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00364907
/Todd Meister d ( 6:30pm Screening of: Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CA
Richardson & Michael Wolff (Caitlin is assistant: (Michael: ell) 4:00pm Appt w/Dan Ariely 5:00pm Appt w/Todd Meister d ( 6:30pm Screening of: Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 20 Time Warner Center/ Columbus Circle Between 58th and 60th Street. Between- 8th/9th Ave
EFTA00293637.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00293637
3:30pm Appt w/Todd Meister & Neil Burger 3:30pm TENTATIVE Appt wa ariend) 4:00pm Appt w/Dan Ariely 5:00pm Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screenin /HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Columbus Circle Between 58th and 60th Street. Between- 8th/9th Avenue. 8:30pm cocktails
m Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screenin /HBO BEHIND THE CA
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EFTA00306225.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00306225
FLY FROM STT TO IVY 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CA
. MARCH 18, 2013 LSJ Reminder Brice and Karen on Holiday March 18-April 8 TUES. MARCH 19, 2013 LSJ-NY TBD FLY FROM STT TO IVY 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 20 Time Warner Center / Columbus Circle Between 58th and 60th Street. Between- 8th/9th Av
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021241 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021246
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
into the fast lane with a rock star financial mentor who teaches him corruption. Oliver needed an old-fashioned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a heavy at the time, but as a charming, handsome, sensitive leading man. Oliver also saw the anger, c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021242 →oned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021242 →EFTA00315407.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00315407
m Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CA
m Appt w/Patricia Neville p) 3:30pm Appt w/Todd Meister & Neil Burger)( 4:00pm Appt w/Dan Ariely ( 5:00pm Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 20 Time Warner Center / Columbus Circle Between 58th and 60th Street. Between- 8th/9th Av
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2 mentionsHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013442 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013449
Mar 13, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
Ron Meyer hosted a civilized private buffet at his Malibu home for Graydon Carter with Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks and Michael Douglas. Stunning socialite Betsey Bloomingdale gave a seated dinner at her Holmby Hills home for best friends Nancy Reagan, Wendy Stark, Bob Colacello, Joa
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013445 →DiCaprio, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks and Michael Douglas. Stunning socialite Betsey Bloomingdale gave a s
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013445 →EFTA00094388.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00094388
e help to former MCC guard Nicholas Defonte, convicted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael Douglas, features in another lurid report of MCC misconduct. The drug-addicted celebrity scion told a court eight years ago that he got his former lawyer,
ted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021235 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021240
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
into the fast lane with a rock star financial mentor who teaches him corruption. Oliver needed an old-fashioned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a heavy at the time, but as a charming, handsome, sensitive leading man. Oliver also saw the anger, c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021235 →oned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021235 →Sponsored
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031999 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032004
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
oned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032000 →into the fast lane with a rock star financial mentor who teaches him corruption. Oliver needed an old-fashioned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a heavy at the time, but as a charming, handsome, sensitive leading man. Oliver also saw the anger, c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032000 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032005 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032010
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
into the fast lane with a rock star financial mentor who teaches him corruption. Oliver needed an old-fashioned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a heavy at the time, but as a charming, handsome, sensitive leading man. Oliver also saw the anger, c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032005 →oned villain to create drama, and he cast Michael Douglas as Gekko against type. Michael was not known as a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032005 →EFTA00040358.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00040358
ted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael
e help to former MCC guard Nicholas Defonte, convicted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael Douglas, features in another lurid report of MCC misconduct. The drug-addicted celebrity scion told a court eight years ago that he got his former lawyer,
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030684 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030685
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
god's sake!--just went down. The 80-year-old father of my friend Rachel Horovitz--the playright Israel Horovitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Sulzberger. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:52 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] > wrote: Strange time I
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030684 →vitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Su
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030684 →show_temp.pl-452.pdf
2 mentionsHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014652 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014694
Jan 10, 2017Source: House Oversight Committee
t Hollywood Taking a break from the presidential campaign Catherine Zeta-Jones’ daughter Carys is her doppelganger as the pair arrive in London with Michael Douglas and son Dylan Family trip Stephen Colbert compares Trump toa NAZI as he draws a swastika on chalkboard while trying to ‘figure out’ Obama’s response
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014672 →lganger as the pair arrive in London with Michael Douglas and son Dylan Family trip Stephen Colbert compar
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014672 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030686 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030687
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
god's sake!--just went down. The 80-year-old father of my friend Rachel Horovitz--the playright Israel Horovitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Sulzberger. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:52 PM, jeffrey E. < [email protected]> wrote: Strange time I
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030686 →vitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Su
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030686 →Sponsored
04-FINALPEGGY SIEGAL OSCARS.3.pdf
2 mentionsHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013450 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013459
Mar 21, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
son _ Graydon Carter and Anna Scott Jersey Boys for the big screen. ° APRIL 2012 * AVENUE MAGAZINE | 61 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013455 --- PAGE BREAK --- Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas Wendi Deng Murdoch Alfre Woodard hosted a down and dirty girls night out in a rented house above Sunset for Viola Davis and Octavi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013456 →USE_OVERSIGHT_013455 --- PAGE BREAK --- Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas Wendi Deng Murdoch Alfre Wooda
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013456 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030771 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030772
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
god's sake!--just went down. The 80-year-old father of my friend Rachel Horovitz--the playright Israel Horovitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Sulzberger. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:52 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: Strange time I
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030771 →vitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Su
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030771 →EFTA00094360.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00094360
ted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael
e help to former MCC guard Nicholas Defonte, convicted of having sex with a female inmate. Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of "Basic Instinct" star Michael Douglas, features in another lurid report of MCC misconduct. The drug-addicted celebrity scion told a court eight years ago that he got his former lawyer,
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030773 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030774
2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
god's sake!--just went down. The 80-year-old father of my friend Rachel Horovitz--the playright Israel Horovitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Sulzberger. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:52 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: Strange time I
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030773 →vitz-- whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Su
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030773 →EFTA00306943.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00306943
m Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CA
2:00pm Appt w/Patricia Neville 3:30pm Appt w/Todd Meister & Neil Burge►{ 4:00pm Appt w/Dan Ariely 5:00pm Appt w/lan Osborne 6:30pm Screening of Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones screening/HBO BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 20 Time Warner Center /Columbus Circle 8:30pm cocktails and food — with Michael afterward
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